lennart
29-05-03, 14:47
The UK's latest move in the fight against terrorism is a secret project to bring together intelligence data from the UK's security agencies, say reports.
The project, called Scope, is intended to share information between nine government departments, MI5 and MI6 and cost millions of pounds, according to Computing magazine.
Technology suppliers have been given initial briefings on the project after signing a secrecy agreement, it said.
It is one of several schemes introduced by the government following the September 11 terror attacks in the US.
Anti-terror network
The Home Office is pushing forward with its plans to introduce a national ID card and it is currently consulting on legislation to increase snooping powers on the internet.
Work on a nationwide computer network designed to combat terrorist threats was halted indefinitely in February due to technical issues and internal squabbles over funding.
The project is being run by the Cabinet Office Intelligence and Security Secretariat. A spokesperson for the department would not comment on the scheme.
According to Computing, the next stage in the process will be in June when technology suppliers must send back completed questionnaires on how best to share information between departments.
The scheme could be creating yet more technological headaches for government, warned Simon Davies, head of the lobby group Privacy International.
"It sounds like a symptom of the tendency in government to centralise all data but it doesn't make much sense and could create more work than it solves," he told BBC News Online.
Government departments are already under an obligation to share possibly relevant information with the security services, he added.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2947052.stm
Meer Big Brother shit, en ik kan je garanderen dat de AIVD maar wat graag mee wil doen met dit idee.
The project, called Scope, is intended to share information between nine government departments, MI5 and MI6 and cost millions of pounds, according to Computing magazine.
Technology suppliers have been given initial briefings on the project after signing a secrecy agreement, it said.
It is one of several schemes introduced by the government following the September 11 terror attacks in the US.
Anti-terror network
The Home Office is pushing forward with its plans to introduce a national ID card and it is currently consulting on legislation to increase snooping powers on the internet.
Work on a nationwide computer network designed to combat terrorist threats was halted indefinitely in February due to technical issues and internal squabbles over funding.
The project is being run by the Cabinet Office Intelligence and Security Secretariat. A spokesperson for the department would not comment on the scheme.
According to Computing, the next stage in the process will be in June when technology suppliers must send back completed questionnaires on how best to share information between departments.
The scheme could be creating yet more technological headaches for government, warned Simon Davies, head of the lobby group Privacy International.
"It sounds like a symptom of the tendency in government to centralise all data but it doesn't make much sense and could create more work than it solves," he told BBC News Online.
Government departments are already under an obligation to share possibly relevant information with the security services, he added.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2947052.stm
Meer Big Brother shit, en ik kan je garanderen dat de AIVD maar wat graag mee wil doen met dit idee.